Trump’s Puerto Rico Problem Was Still Getting Worse
The Puerto Rico response remained one of the clearest Trump-world screwups on October 7, with the administration still facing intense criticism over slow aid, tone-deaf comments, and a public-relations strategy that kept running into the reality of a stalled recovery. The damage was no longer just about logistics; it was about the president seeming detached from the scale of the disaster and unable to stop making himself the center of the story.
First recorded Oct 7, 2017·Meaningfully updated Oct 7, 2017
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Trump’s Puerto Rico Problem Was Still Getting Worse
The Puerto Rico response remained one of the clearest Trump-world screwups on October 7, with the administration still facing intense criticism over slow aid, tone-deaf comments, and a public-relations strategy that kept running into the reality of a stalled recovery. The damage was no longer just about logistics; it was about the president seeming detached from the scale of the disaster and unable to stop making himself the center of the story.
The Puerto Rico response remained one of the clearest Trump-world screwups on October 7, with the administration still facing intense criticism over slow aid, tone-deaf comments, and a public-relations strategy that kept running into the reality of a stalled recovery. The damage was no longer just about logistics; it was about the president seeming detached from the scale of the disaster and unable to stop making hi…
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